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Starmer calls on European leaders to modernise ECHR ahead of gathering

European ministers, including Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, are due to meet in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday to discuss reforming the treaty.

Evening Standard

Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right

Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among celebrities urging UK not to weaken torture protections

Public figures sign letter saying plan to reinterpret ECHR for asylum seekers is ‘affront to us all’ and a threat to security

The Guardian - UK

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Tory shadow minister praises Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown – and says it could work in UK

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp says the British public expects immigration laws to be properly enforced

The Independent UK

Rights groups warn against UK plans to weaken torture protections in ECHR

Exclusive: Ministers face pushback over potential changes to asylum seekers’ rights before Council of Europe meeting

The Guardian - UK

Gaps in UK migration statistics hamper public debate and policy decisions, study shows

Official data cannot show what affect ECHR has on asylum cases, says leading thinktank Migration Observatory

The Guardian - UK

Dignitas founder ends his own life through assisted death

Ludwig Minelli, whose work had lasting influence on Swiss law, dies just days before his 93rd birthday

The Guardian - UK

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UK Unveils Major Asylum Policy Reform in Response to Public Backlash

The UK government unveils sweeping asylum reforms, replacing automatic refugee status with temporary protection, tightening deportation rules, family reunion rules, and ECHR interpretations, amid public backlash and political division.

International Business Times UK

Every Labour MP elected on pledge to secure borders, Reed says amid backlash

Some Labour figures have publicly condemned plans to overhaul the asylum system.

Evening Standard

Voices: ‘The narrative has been overtaken by far-right lies’: Readers weigh in on Labour’s asylum crackdown

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided over Labour’s immigration reforms. While many reluctantly accepted the need for tougher rules, others warned that plans to rewrite human rights laws and curb ECHR protections risk dragging the party too far to the right

The Independent UK

Tuesday briefing: What Labour hopes to learn from Denmark’s hardline asylum stance

In today’s newsletter: Shabana Mahmood is pitching radical new limits on whether asylum seekers can ever gain settled status – but it may come with political consequences

The Guardian - UK

Labour minister says UK will not tolerate ‘covert and calculated’ spying by China - live updates

The Tories have pressed the Government to place China in the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme (Firs)

The Independent UK

Human rights groups criticise Troubles Bill ‘lawfare’ claims

The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill is due for its second reading in the UK Parliament on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Oatcakes face Brussels ban under Starmer’s Brexit reset deal with EU

Levels of naturally-occurring mycotoxins in British oats may be deemed too high for human consumption under existing EU rules

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Shabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs ‘dark forces are stirring up anger’ over migration

There is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rights

Evening Standard

ECHR chief is ‘absolutely ready’ to discuss changes to human rights law

The Council of Europe’s secretary general Alain Berset told the BBC he was open to engage on migration issues over the treaty.

Evening Standard

British public show more support for staying in ECHR than leaving, poll suggests

The European Convention on Human Rights was first signed on November 4 1950 and came into force on September 3 1953.

The Guardian - UK

How the European convention on human rights became a battleground between the centre and the right

For 20 years, populists have been blaming the ECHR for endangering Britain by offering basic protections to immigrants, says author Daniel Trilling

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The Independent UK

Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry to defend human rights

Prime minister Keir Starmer urged to make positive case for ECHR after Kemi Badenoch pledged a Tory government would leave the treaty

The Guardian - UK

Tories will not deport legally settled people, Badenoch clarifies

Katie Lam spoke ‘imprecisely’ in stating large number of people would ‘need to go home’, says Conservative leader

The Guardian - UK

Farage reclaims centre stage as Reform’s Sarah Pochin keeps the world at bay

Nige suffers through lacklustre PMQs to seize the spotlight with drive-by demand to get further away from Europe

Evening Standard

Farage’s bid to bring forward legislation to leave ECHR blocked by MPs

MPs could be heard shouting over Nigel Farage as the motion was debated in the Commons chamber.

Radio France Internationale

Former French PM Fillon fails in last bid to overturn fake jobs conviction

Former French prime minister François Fillon has lost his final legal appeal over a fake jobs scandal that destroyed his 2017 presidential run.

The Conversation

Do British people want to leave the ECHR? What a decade of polls reveals

Withdrawing the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), once a fringe idea, has become a defining issue for political parties. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who previously opposed leaving, has now said the Conservatives will take the UK out of the convention if they win an election.

The Independent UK

Badenoch claims Tory conference is ‘teeming’ despite empty seats, high-profile no-shows and Reform defections

Her claim came as Reform UK unveiled a steady stream of councillors defecting from the Conservatives on Tuesday

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